The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-23

a fold of the beautiful stuff over hcl
arm. ''Surely, my son, this must BIZ
fine enough, even for you. Your cousin
spun all the thread, and I wove every
inch of it myself"
The Prince looked at it and SHOOK
his head. Then he laid his hand or
his heart and sighed; then he put his
other hand on his forehead, and
groaned.
Il suppose it is as good as you cal
do" he said, ungraciously; ''but il
does not come up to my standard
Alas! l am too relined--too SUPERIOR
He sat down and covered his face
with his hands. The Queen began tt
cry; for she was given to crying, and
her feelings were hurt. The Princess,
whose name was GlcnhilGa, pushed
away her wheel and stood up.
II will never spin or wcav another
thread for you as long as l live,' she
said Indignantly. "You ought to mar.
~ a woman that could spin s%piderwcb.
Maybe she could suit you"
"Glenhilda," said the Prince solemn
ly, you speak in Il very u~nladylike
manner and you tear my nerves. But
you have. without knowing it, wordcd
for me my ideal. Yes, yol have worded
for me my ideal. will marry no one
who can not spin spiderweb."
And he stalkcd out of the room.
II don't know what his father will
say sobbed the Queen; and then she
scolded Glenhilda.
"Why didn't you soothe him?' asked
her Majesty, rcproachfully. my poor
boy! He is 50 very refined!'
The old King was angry indeed when
he heard of his sons resolution; but the
Prince was obstinate and declared he
wonld marry no woman who could not
spin spiderweb.
HE shall marry you, my dear said
the King to the Princess Glcnhilda.
Indeed. he shall not" said the
Princess, making " courtesy. for, my
dear uncle, l will not marry him.
As she was as obstinate as the Prince,
the King had to give way and leave
the affair to the management of his
wife and son. The Queen caused Il
proclamation to be made that any
Princess who could spin spiderweb
would be rewarded with the hand of
his Royal Higirncss. 1t was all in vain,
however. To the Quecn's great amaze
mcnt, and that of the Prince. those
royal ladies whose alliance would have
been more desirable refused even to
make the attempt. They had all heard
what Il fuss the Prince made about his
clothes. and no beautiful F'rincess could
be found who was willing to pass her
life Mt the wheel and loom. A few
rather elderly or ugly ladies of exalted
rank that did make the trial failed ut
terly. So, as the Prince was deter
mined to marry no one who could not
spin spiderweb, it seemed necessary to
lower the standard of rank, and the
daughters of nobility were allowed to
compete, and finally those of the lower
orders. 1t was in VAN, however. No
one could be found in any rank who
conld spin even q yard Of spiderweb.
The old King scolded and sncezcd.
The Queen was in despair, and the
Prince, who had set his heart on having
a wife that could spin up to his ideal,
took to his bed, and spent most of his
time in crying and writing poetry,
which the Qeen insisted on reading
aloud to the whole Court, so that the
courtiers nearly died of suppressed
yawning.
The doctors said the Prince would
die if he did not carry out the desire of
his heart, and every one wore the long
est and most sorrowful of faces; that
is, every one but the Princess Glenhilda,
who remarked that she did not think
her cousin would die, SO long us he ate
so much quail on toast for his break
fast.
However. the Prince grew worse dali
ly, and so did his poetry; and M day
the old King, after a serious remon-
stance with his son., which did no good
whatever, flung out in the room in a
passion, and said to himself, with great
dcrisiOn:
"This thing a not 90 on. l shall
60 and talk to my aunt"
Now, the Kings aunt was an old
woman, who lived all alone in an old,
old castle in an old forest. She was
very ancient, and SO wise that people
said she knew nor than she ought to
know.
The King drew on his boots. and
away he went, saying nothing to any
one. On the evening Of the third day
he came back, and alighted at a little
postcrn door that led into a back en-